The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem will host a graffiti master class with ‘the world’s most entertaining vandal,’ LushSux, at the end of October. The graffiti artist from Melbourne, Australia is well known for his large, provocative, street murals and more recently his painting on the Israeli – West Bank wall in Bethlehem.

Q&A: Reconciliation should be about more than just re-organising an authority under occupation, argues Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. Palestinians demand elections, democracy and a unified strategy when it comes to the their national struggle.

Israel is likely next week to approve 3,829 new housing units for the West Bank, including within Hebron. This would mark the first time in 15 years, since 2002, Israel will have approved a new construction in the city.

A two-week march organised by the Israeli grassroots movement Women Wage Peace culminated near Jericho. This is the third year the group puts on the event. A number of Palestinian groups called for boycotting it.

Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks between Hamas, de-facto ruling the Gaza Strip, and the Fatah- led Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank commenced in Gaza on Monday. Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah held the PA’s weekly cabinet meeting in Gaza on Tuesday for the first time in three years.